Panels & Committees

BAO Artist Advisory Group

The BAO Artist Advisory Group is a dedicated group of local Brampton artists and cultural workers that are invited quarterly to advise and guide BAO staff on the development and review of our events and programs, ensuring meaningful consultation and collaboration with the arts community. Artist advisors help identify programming priorities, reduce barriers to participation, and represent BAO within their creative communities!

The group is currently comprised of approximately 15 members, including emerging, mid-career and established artists, arts organizations, and institutional representatives, ensuring a broad diversity in age, gender, race, ability, access and artistic discipline.

BAO Selection Panels: Call for Peer Assessors 2025

The Brampton Arts Organization (BAO) seeks local artists, musicians, writers, performers, arts workers, and community members to serve as peer assessors for our calls to artists and programming on an ongoing basis. Peer assessors are responsible for reviewing and evaluating artist applications, programming proposals, and making recommendations to BAO.

Assessment committees are made up of individuals from all backgrounds, artistic disciplines, and lived experiences.

Previous experience as a peer assessor is not required. Assessors receive support and mentorship from BAO staff and we welcome nominations from all individuals who see themselves as members of Brampton’s arts, culture and community.

BAO provides an honorarium to all peer assessors as a gift to recognize the time and labour involved in doing this work. The honorarium will be provided to assessors after the reviewing process is completed. Honorarium rates vary depending on the program requirements and the work involved in the review process.

If you would like to be considered for a role as a peer assessor, please complete the nomination form. You may also submit a nomination form for someone else, however you must certify that the individual has agreed to be nominated.

Role Requirements

Peer assessors are selected to help reflect the broad diversity of Brampton and its artistic communities, including but not limited to: artistic discipline, gender, sexuality, age, religion, beliefs, nation, physical, neurological, and Mad identities, etc.

Levels of commitment will vary, though meetings are typically conducted virtually. Assessors will be expected to consider applications, review support material, meet with peers and BAO staff, and contribute to thoughtful conversations around the selection process.

Assessors are typically asked to commit to

• One to two weeks to read and evaluate applications or support materials online as needed.
• Up to two days of virtual assessment meetings (up to four hours each day).

The scheduling of the selection committee meetings are based on the peer assessors availability, and typically happen during weekdays.

Please Note: Completion of the application form does not guarantee you will be contacted by BAO to participate in a selection committee but adds you to our pool of peer assessors who maybe called on to participate.

Qualifications and Required Skills

Peers: Artists, creatives and arts professionals currently active in Brampton’s diverse creative community. These individuals should have direct professional experience, demonstrated skills, and knowledge of the arts and culture sector in general and specific creative practice knowledge that is relevant to different calls for artists that BAO issues.

Community Members: Individuals with an appreciation and broad knowledge of the Brampton arts and culture scene who regularly attends arts & culture events, performances and presentations both in Brampton and the GTA.

Additional Skills

Skills, experience, and knowledge that are needed to be a successful peer assessor.

• An open, honest and generous spirit, exceptional listening skills and a willingness and ability to embrace change, complexity and different viewpoints.
• An understanding and awareness of Brampton, Peel region and the GTA.
• Insight into Brampton’s social and cultural climate – including the opportunities and barriers that exist for participation.
• The respect of peers in the community.
• The ability to function well within a committee structure.

Application Accessibility Support

If you need assistance, additional time or resources to apply, please get in touch with us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca as soon as possible (minimum of five days in advance of the deadline) so that we can make the necessary accommodations to assist you.

Data Collection

Personal information collected on this form is collected under the guidelines of Bill C-6 of the Federal Personal Information Protection & Electronic Act. Questions about collection can be sent to Brampton Arts Organization, 301-8 Nelson St West, Brampton ON, L6X 4J2 or by emailing info@bramptonartsorg.ca.